[alliao]

honestly given how long ago that was I'd not be surprised if everything's completely peppered with chips... one from the manufacturer, one from inventory, one from logistic, one from corporate espionage agent, one from foreign adversary state actor sky really is the limit with these. didn't parmesan put some chips in their cheese too?

[janice1999]

Sounds crazy but car and truck tires have had RFID chips for years. I assume most people would be surprised by that.

https://www.tirereview.com/michelin-connect-car-tires-rfid-2...

[dylan604]

Stealing people's tires is a common thing. So add an RFID reader to cars with ALPR gear, and they can see if any tires they come across have also been reported stolen. See, it's nothing but wins for the consumer!

[datadrivenangel]

And the marginal cost per tire at scale is very low.

[etrautmann]

Ah yes and then you can sell tire usage subscriptions: model XYZ can only be driven with an active monthly subscription

[xadhominemx]

The ICs are tiny but the antenna are much larger.

[transcriptase]

Imagine if the crazies were right and the Covid vaccines actually did have RFID.

[Grazester]

Then we would now have to wear tinfoil suits instead of just hats.

[dylan604]

Wouldn't that confuse someone if they were to be scanned and had multiple IDs because they received more than one vaccine as time went by?

[janice1999]

The RFID vaccine conspiracy was inspired by another, very different technology Bill Gates helped fund - microneedle vaccines with quantum dot records. I guess RFID was easier for people to understand and it became the go-to conspiracy instead.

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/invisible-ink-cou...

[bitwize]

The RFID vaccine conspiracy theory has been around since the 90s, back when Bill Gates was just a software robber baron, before his Lex Luthor arc.